Being an election year, campaigning is in the air! With technology at an all time high, candidates are reaching out across the Internet to have their platforms heard. My spam folder seems to be filled with the political topic du…
Author: raelyn
The security industry wasn't more then a little known in-law to me. I married into it, and it was something that my husband shared with me at the end of the day. My background in English led me to technical writing, including editing the Carnegie Mellon security course materials for a computer security course. I am currently enriching my knowledge by studying for the Network + certification.
Cyber Attack Is the New Black
Lately there seems to a highly focused intent on cyber warfare. Offense, defense, sit on the bench … the government wants to get in the game and not just be a part of a fantasy league. The government’s newest revelation…
‘Plan X’ Proposers’ Day Workshop Delayed
A few weeks ago we published an article on Darpa’s ‘Plan X’ program and in that we mentioned the Proposers’ Day Workshop. Unfortunately, it has been postponed … but that’s good we guess as there’s so much interest in it…
Special Publication 800-40 Revision 3 Drafted
After seven long years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finally updated the Special Publication 800-40. Now in it’s third revision, titled, Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Technologies (PDF), NIST encourages management to approach patches as more…
AppSecDC Makes it to Prime Time … or at least Vimeo
Hey … here’s something to do with your downtime this weekend between social events. As you may remember … the Open Web & Application Security Project (OWASP) held it’s third annual AppSecDC conference, right here in our backyard this past…
USAF Recruiting Trojans & Worms
The United States Air Force is no longer tip-toeing around it’s intentions regarding hacking of opponent networks. As part of a recent presentation and procurement effort (dubbed “Cyberspace Warfare Operations Capabilities (CWOC)“) their plan of action seems to be to…
Get It While It’s Hot … And Human!
For a short time limited edition Defcon 20 human badges will be up for sale for a mere $40 on Hacker Stickers. By interacting with each other (when not listening to many of the awesome presentations and talks), this year’s…
Not So Super Secret ‘Plan X’
In the past, wars were fought by good soldiers, great generals and the best technological weapons of the time. But with the rate of technological advancement, wars may not always be fought on terra firma. Darpa is putting in motion…
NIST’s New BIOS Security Standards (Another Industry Tongue Twister)
In order to deter the growing number of threats, NIST is adding new security guidelines for updating the BIOS (basic input/output system). NIST’s proposal, which is open for public comment through September 14th, is intended to stop cyber attacks related…
Quit Your Whining … It’s Time to Train & Learn
There seems to be a question floating around the security industry lately as to whether there truly exists a shortage of skills or simply a failure for businesses to properly invest in training their employees. This question doesn’t have just…